0045: Five contributions to a project
Jul 15, 20263mEp. 45
A reading of https://improvesomething.today/five-contributions-to-a-project/
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Brian Kerr hosts Improve Something Today, a business show with 45 episodes published.
A reading of https://improvesomething.today/five-contributions-to-a-project/
A reading of The world of silence: marking Disability Pride Month from 2023, with a little 2026 coda offered at the end.
A reading of a short poem by W.S. Merwin: The Estuary . I share a few words about what might have influenced Merwin at the time of the poem’s composition.
A reading of https://improvesomething.today/qualities-of-water/ .
A reading of https://improvesomething.today/10-things-for-10-years/ Links mentioned: - Ways to support Improve Something Today - Lex Roman on newsletter landing pages
A reading and discussion of https://improvesomething.today/its-a-lousy-time-to-be-a-good-idea/ Includes discussion of a passage from The Game of Death by AD Nuttall for the LRB in 1992 .
Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing. A reading of https://improvesomething.today/remembering-christopher-alexander/
A reading and discussion of this, from 2022: 5 ways to approach goal-setting. Only one is worth a damn
Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chairs, as seen in the Wooden chair as exemplar of emptiness section of the Quote barn.
A reading of two short passages, one from The Art of Public Speaking, by John Rippingham (1814), and the other from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The Comic’ (1875). By way of Wikipedia on the ‘sad clown paradox’ as shared on Ma
A reading and discussion of this piece from 2023 on how to run a project premortem. See also: Gary Klein’s 2007 HBR article introducing the method.
A reading of https://improvesomething.today/on-speeding-things-up/ followed by a brief discussion. And oops—the post is from 3 years ago, not 2 as I mentioned in the episode. Time flies like, one supposes, sand through a
Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace. A reading of https://improvesomething.today/vanishing-fish-boiling-frogs-the-dry-bed-of-the-sea/ A link to the 1995 ‘shifting baselines’ piece
Impromptu reading of https://improvesomething.today/notes-january-2026/ offered with some closing commentary.
Change management, readiness and adoption, otherwise pulling nerds across the chasm. Whatever you call it, it's important work that my guest and I are accidentally getting better at. A conversation with Devon Persing. Di
A year of working and living in crisis. So what? Now what? Discussed: the mountain (certainty), the muddle (ambiguity), and the morning after the earthquake (we're all geologists now, friends); Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Exp
Respect for people is a pillar of lean. It's also the first thing to go out the window in many botched implementations. A conversation with Fabian Jimenez. Discussed: stepping stones on the path to respect for people. En
When working with groups, agreement is fine—but consensus is better. A conversation with Andre Helmstetter. Discussed: the Institute of Cultural Affairs’ consensus workshop method, taught as part of their ToP Facilitatio
Checking in with Carl Sandburg's "The People, Yes" before Election Day. "The people have come far and can look back and say, 'We will go farther yet.'"
We're still here, and we're still feeling stuck. Or at least I am. I bet you are too. Reading: William Wordsworth's "The Tables Turned"
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